A GRANDFATHER has launched a foul-mouthed tirade at two young women, telling them that Muslims have invaded Britain "like cockroaches".

Stephen Scatcherd was filmed criticising the two female students for wearing their head coverings, with the 59-year-old since admitting in court to using threatening, abusive or insulting words of behaviour that was racially aggravated.

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Stephen Scatcherd, now living in Liskeard, Cornwall, admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words of behaviour to the womenCredit: Kalsoom Naqvi / Facebook

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The grandfather criticised the two students for wearing hijabsCredit: Kalsoom Naqvi / Facebook

In footage of the incident, the man can be seen arguing with the two students, Tayiba Hussain and Kalsoon Naqvi, telling them: "Muslims absolutely invading this country, like cockroaches. You’re like cockroaches."

He then challenged them to take off their head coverings.

The argument broke out when the students walked past Eastend-born Scatcherd in a street in Exeter, Devon in May.

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Footage of the argument has since been viewed hundreds of thousands of timesCredit: Kalsoom Naqvi / Facebook

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The 59-year-old said he had a point of view that was over the top but not racistCredit: Kalsoom Naqvi / Facebook

He can also be heard telling the women: "I hear a trigger going off…Kaboom!" as well as telling the girls to "go back, home, this is not your country".

Scatcherd can be heard telling the women, who were also born in England, that he was "from f***ing England, born and bred."

The video of the man, who is now living in Liskeard, Cornwall, has since been viewed more than 200,000 times.

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One of the young women, Kalsoom, said she and her friend were wearing their Islamic headdresses when the attack occurred.

She said: "I felt confusion really. I don’t feel any person, regardless of their faith or their race, should be targeted like that, for no reason whatsoever.

"Unfortunately this is the reality of Islamophobia and the irrational fear of the ‘other’ that exists today.

"I cannot stress how frightening and lonely it was to be surrounded by bystanders who did nothing but watch, almost more frightening than the man himself.”

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The man was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and pay £170 in costsCredit: Kalsoom Naqvi / Facebook

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Scatcherd said he believed the incident had been blown out of proportionCredit: Kalsoom Naqvi / Facebook

But Scatcherd, who had come out of a pub as the women walked to a Tesco store, said after the incident: "I have not done anything or said anything that was anti Islamic is racist.

"I had a point of view which might have been a little over the top but it was not racist.

"I was amazed that something as petty as this has been blown out of all proportion.

"Someone has got their 15 minutes of fame, it’s certainly not me. I am just an ordinary bloke with a family who works to pay the bills."

Exeter magistrates made him carry out 100 hours of unpaidwork and pay £170 in costs.

But the JPs did not order him to pay any compensation to the students because it was difficult to quantify the harm.

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